now, "good morning maryland" at 9:00. we're turning out the stumps. >> trying to pick the st. patrick's day, started early around here. >> i don't know if you have ever seen the commercials for stomp. ever seen it? >> yes. >> the garbage cans and the brooms. >> just something, i got this from a pothole out front. >> we'll be doing a lot of stomping around. it is playing at the hippodrome, started yesterday. >> absolutely. we're gonna give it a try. we're going to perform with them here on good morning maryland. >> we just auditioned. happy birthday to our mayor who is out there to celebrate with back to feet -- back on my

feet. >> it's a cool organization, i believe it started in philly but celebrating it's first an version rehere in baltimore. >> we're going to talk to the woman who has been helping those we often forget. we are going to thank everyone who had a shovel in their hand from january, february, a couple weeks ago, we're also going to call, hit the call buttonsh to get a nurse in here to tell us why nurse is the way to go. >> we'll hear more about that. and on this st. patrick's day how about some corned beef and hash. >> what, ealy. >> we're going to make sushi instead. it's delicious. and a celebration going over at winnipeg man's, we'll tell you what they're doing. >> all that and more, we want to get to our hot topic here today. this is a hot one. there is a texas man who wants everyone in the lone star state to learn history the way he understands it. now that the board has approved

a sweeping rewrite of the state's social studies textbooks dan harris explains that those new books could land on your child's desk. >> the amendments that we have offered -- >> reporter: ted kennedy out, newt gingrich and the national rival association in. the gains of the civil rights era get. the actions of joe mccarthy cast in a more positive light. those are just some of the changes that in man, don mac elroy is pushing to bring to public school textbooks in texas and the rest of the country as well maybe. >> my view is a christian fundamentalist. >> reporter: he is a member of a controversial block of conservative christians on the texas board of education. because the state of texas buys so many textbooks they often taylor tears to the standards that mac ill roy and his

colleagues set. you have been quoted at times as saying the amount of power you have at times bogs your mind. >> i wish i hadn't said that but it is pretty influential. >> he helps push through language questioning evolution, he believes the world is less than 10,000 years old. >> whom i to question the authority of all the giant consensus? >> this week is social studies, mac ill roy has inserted language matches pillars of the movement like the moral majority, they have put the words of slavery leader to be put next to abra ham lincoln. they have changed a pook called brown bear brown bear, bill martin jr., they miss stook him for another man who pushed capitalism. >> what do you say to people who say you're imposing your

religious and political views on people. >> i was elected, told people what i believed in and what motivated me so my goal as an elected official is to speak up and to that. >> reporter: he was just voted out of office but he goes have his seat for the rest of the year will that change way you operate, can you soften up in any way. >> i can't see softening up. i'll take my vote. >> reporter: , yes, sir. >> reporter: and what you to between now and when you leave will have a long term impact. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, austin, texas. >> we're on the phone with several districts how this might affect them. first of all edie house foster told us this. "it is my inning that it will not have a major impack pact on us because we have a list of approved textbooks but we let them know what line they must cover which is in line with the curriculum. you can consider the text pook

as one resource in the teaching kit." then theresa told us this from harper valley schools. "we choose to use materials that help through teacher created activities and research done by characteristic lump- writing teams." >> we want to know what you think about this. how do you feel about this issue? do you feel the texas education curriculum could impact the rest of the country and log onto our wmar facebook fan page and leave your comments. marleau said "if they change history, the textbook, but more things in about black history." as always if you want to share your 2 directions all you have to do is leave us a message, search for wmart and share some comments, go ahead and do that, we'll read them live here on the air. now the forecast certified

most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful.com radar. >> now at 5, but 38 degrees in the corner, we're waiting for the update from the airport which does only one per hour. we have our live update hooked up across the region, we have stevenson with 51 degrees on the thermometer and an empty parking lot. we're looking at a close sky and whether they're in session or out of session hopefully the schools will be benefiting from a nice dry-out, we let the sun work on the soil, and eventually we get a chance to start sprouting more flowers from the end of the week. it looks like despite the snow- covered grouped last month and the month before we have some flowers blooming across the area. we have a 10-degree bump, at bwi marshall we're in the sunshine, watching that they're momter today. big storm deep south, heavy

rain continues in a consistent big pattern. the flood-outlook came out with more than 1/3 of the nation at a very high flooding rate. continues in new england, continues up across the upper midwest, town to mississippi and the deep south where they were in many years of drought. now seeing a reversal of fortune with this persistent wet pattern, this pushes out the scene, completely ignores us, the warming trend continues as the high pressure builds in and dominates for the rest of the week. we'll take you back home and show you that update with our 2 degrees guarantee getting us up to 64 degrees. normal highs 54, so 10 degrees above normal, not a bad set up. this afternoon comes with dry air so we cool down quickly with clear skies. down to 37 degrees, which means some of the suburbs could be close to freezing at daybreak, while we're expecting some of the hill tops and places around the bay, like we had this morning, probably staying in

the mid-to low 40s, we build on that, temperatures jump higher to 68. once we start drying out the soil, we let that sun do its thing and continue to push things up as we head through friday and saturday, expecting 7 degrees on the they're momter, the bring comes in saturday in fine fashion but the next system precincts in clouds and fog by sunday. maybe some thunder mixed in as we drop back into the 50s on monday. remember you can catch us online at abc 2news.com. >> thanks justin. >> back to you. building a strong foundation and a great future. >> a birthday celebration for the back on my feet program blues the mayor. plus the program at stevenson university that is offering you some advice on how to get back to work. and it made a name for it on broadway, now bringing the noise to baltimore. where you can catch the hit

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stephanie rollins blake kicked off her big day, the big 40, with a morning run from the "back on my feet program" which is also celebrating a birthday. honoring its first day in baltimore they promote self efficiency for homeless by helping them build confidence, strength and self esteem. the mayor said it was an honor to celebrate her birthday with such an esteemed group. it's great to celebrate the big day when you're 40. so we don't have to be in any one place, we don't have to end up being any one thing. this is a journey. and it looks like you're not making this journey alone. applause applause. >> look at this at the episode of the run, whole foods gave a big donation, they have teams at 5 local shelters, they began celebrating a big birthday this year in baltimore. so you might be wondering what does homelessness have to do

with running? how do you make that connection? jackie tons lito is here to explain 40 you can get involved and what back on my feet is. >> you mentioned you ran over here after participating in that run. was it fun? >> it was fun. a wonderful morning. a great way to start the day. >> give us aned in of how the whole thing started. the idea is unique. >> it started with nine guys and quickly grew to 18 up there so they have over 100 members out there they run with currently. so this idea worked well out there and they wanted to take it in and spread it across the country. so baltimore was the first extension city and it seemed ideal just in terms of location, proximity to philadelphia, and the needs down here. so, you know, we started here a year ago and it just has exploded which is fantastic. we're launching in d.c. on monday and launching in boston next -- or in may. >> how have you seen successes

here in baltimore, how does it work. >> every day, the little successes, the big successes, i mean it's a very tangible way of mushing success in terms of running miles and completing races and running fast times, but to see people build confidence and both strength in themselves and believe in themselves that they can do it, you know, they can run one mile, three miles, run a weighs, that carries over in other aspects of their life in terms of feg back on their feet and getting edge kateed, moving out and being on their own. >> so if someone is interested in participating in this, they're learning more about it, do you run as a group, you know, and how do you get the homeless involved? >> we work with shelters, we partner with facilities around the ski, so like you say, you've got five teams we run with currently. mostly in downtown baltimore, the hill area, so we work with teams and there are guys that are in semi permanent housing there at the facility and we have volunteers that come in

from around the city. you create a team. you walk out and you have 30 people out there waiting to give you a hug. >> you must hear some incredible stories, does anything come to mind, anything that you have heard from people who maybe never thought that they would be here, maybe never thought they would actually have the opportunity to run or even be alive you know when they thought about it a year from now. >> yeah, actually one of our members this morning, he started with us last year, he was out there for that first run, i was probably in that clip, and here a year later he has no intention of leaving. he went from pretty much the courts to it, the judge told him to clean up his act or he would be sitting in prison, he has decided to do so, he joined "back on my feet" and he has run a full marathon and is continuing to keep on running, he is an indiannapolis expiration to everyone. they did a feature on him and

just to hear him talk about the marathon, and running through the streets he used to sell drugs on, was a pretty moving story. >> yeah, what's his name? arnold shipman. >> well what an inspiration arnold is, they want to meet more people and get inspired how do they get involved. >> we love to have people come join the teams and run with us like you saw this morning. we can go online, www.backonyourfeet.com" and join with some of the sponsors like wachovia, the maryland athletic club, city run, they have been important in getting behind us. >> thanks for bringing this to baltimore. we need it, it's an awesome program. >> yes. >> thanks for coming in. >> you need that cold. >> keep up. stay on your feet. let's get back to our 2 cents, and the changes coming to a texas school book which

could affect the books across country and right here in maryland. again we want to know your 2 cents, the comment back bank is open. do you feel the texas curriculum could impact the rest of the country and here in maryland. scroll down to get your 2-cent section on the right hand side of the page, click on the link and leave your comment so we'll share comments through the rest of the morning newscast. we foe it's st. patrick's day, we have the corned beef all laid out for dinner tonight, but tomorrow, japanese quezene may be more than just sue sheer. some more things you might try this weekend when we come back on "good morning maryland." stay with us. >> storm gear and promotional consideration provided by l.l. bean.

. i am super excited about this. adam is here to make sushi. this is something i would never try. >> it's easy. >> tell us what is going on in winnipeg man's. >> the weekend we have a great event coming up. friday from 11:00 to 7:00, we get our fishing from outside tokyo. the fish market is the largest in the world, approximately 1500 strep-doers, starts 3:00 in the mortgage until 1:00 in the afternoon and they sell all

this fish here and we're going to do some of the versions they produce there. >> you're headed there. >> yeah, we're headed there, myself and a few other fishy argue reuss, we're traveling there, and actually work there and hopefully bring some fun and exciting ideas back. >> well you made a really gorgeous looking spread around here. talk us through what somebody should know. if people are unfamiliar with sushi how would you explain it to them, give them a sushi for dumbies lesson. >> sushi for dumbies? we're doing two things, a sushi and a fishy vent. >> okay. >> i like them both. you have sushi, the you machineriy, you have octopus, yellow tail, nah geary, shrimp, scallops, we're flying everything in from dulles, picking it up at 2:00 in the morning. then you have your rolls. we're doing the block sushi and we're doing it any guyy style.

>> okay. >> as part of our program with our seafood department we're also offering the navi pat. it has four different scallops, it's a lot of food? very traditional. served in a clay pot. that way you can cook it and also the clay pot keeps it warm. it is called several thrown together. we have the pot for you, the fondu sauce, you take it home and cook it. >> great. >> we're taking our seasoned japanese sushi. >> "the rise" is important. >> the fish comes in fine, "the rise" is the delicacy. a little crunch but not much. what we've got here is a little rice seasoning we put on top. it's basically your newie chopped up. >> explain what that is. >> dried seaweed. this is how we roll our sushi. >> all right. perfect. >> so with the pods, the sushi pods we're going to do the sushi and sort all this

wonderful fish, we have hamachi, shrimp, all these different fishes will becoming in that day fresh from the japanese flow market. we'll spread around avocado and depending what we have, maybe some fish eggs or maybe an octopus. people like octopus. >> you know, there are some people out there, raw fish, octopus, fish eggs. what would you say to somebody who might not be that adventurous but who is willing to give it a try. >> after the california roll which everyone starts on we go with our tuna, a grit product. we are the first company, public company, to alter this tuna, it comes in off the boat and in 20 minutes we super freeze it to negative 60 degrees which translates with all that mumbo jumbo, when i cut it and use it it's about an hour swimming out of the water. it's almost blood-red color, safe and mild to eat.

colored, ha matchy, great flavor, i would go there next. we do it with scallions, in the roll or again if you do it nigiri style just a little rice ball on top. >> very easy. and we appreciate it. you guys product a recipe so we're going to put that online and post it for you. we're going to do a whole show on this. >> yes we could. >> we'll eat it all. check out that recipe if you wanted to get it. on our web site, abc2news.com. thanks for coming in adam. >> thank you. >> you have to bring back peacekeepers. >> tons of pictures. next the field of nurse is in high demand and stevenson university is getting you all prepared. so coming up we'll look at the program that can get you back to work when we come back. plus record-breaking snowfall left a record-breaking mess. a big thank you for the men and women who cleaned it all up. hello, sir, how are you.

breaking news always first on abc2news.com. now, "good morning maryland" at 9:00. >> you've driven on the roads, you may agree with this next

study. maryland roads among the worst in the country. that's according to a study published in readers digest. they rank 47 based on pavement condition, as well as congestion. the best roads are in kansas, wisconsin, montana, new mexico and utah. the worst roads pennsylvania, california, hawaii and louisiana. it also ranked maryland's roads as the 33rd most deadly. they put in long hours to get you on the streets, to get everything cleared after last month's record-breaking snowfall. yesterday those men and women were all given a very well deserved thank you. tony march sal a was here and he looked back at that massive task. >> 37,000. >> long hours, low visibility, near white out conditions. but today is about celebrating the end of the blizzard of 2010. celebrating the work these county employees put in, it was a lot of work.

>> it was 100 and some. >> yeah. i don't know, a lot. >> reporter: the work is over now. and guys like tim williams can eat, relax and maybe even have some fun. >> some of us are born this do this type of work. you know what i mean. some of us can handle it, some of us can't. that's just all there is to it. me, myself, i was made for this. >> reporter: when you're made for it you can do it anywhere. that's why baltimore county executive jim smith held today's luncheon for the county crews. >> it was an incredible performance, i just wanted them to know how much their effort was appreciated. >> i had close to 110 hours. >> reporter: for paul cheney it's not about the hours, it's about the years. >> 35, going on 36, hi bobby. >> reporter: 2010 wasn't his first blizzard and his lunch is about more than one week last month. >> i had to come out not because of the free meal but because i'm happy to see some of my fellow workers, i haven't

seen, and this will be my last time. i'm retiring the end of this year. >> reporter: after 35 years, one last blizzard for paul, one big job out of the way for baltimore county. tony march sal a, abc 2 news. way to go tony. nice to celebrate those men and women that did all that work. listen, time to get you back to work. we're going to try to help you on "good morning maryland" in a way that's going to better market yourself. we're want you to send us your resumes. we're going to contact three people to come into our studios, tape a 20-second video pitch as to why they should be the ones considered for a job. this will allow potential employers to not only read your resume but also see you. viewers will be able to log on to see what resumes are out there and we will randomly select three of the best resumes and give you the opportunity to vote for them online. so that's all coming up.

watch me hit the call button right now. we want nurse judith. here she is the, the doctor from stevenson, university. >> nice to meet you. >> you started off in nursing, the best career move you ever made, right. >> it is the best career move i ever made but there is a great shortage. >> you run the nursing program. >> at stevens university. >> i hear all the programs are looking for people. >> a major shortage of nurses across the whole united states. the bureau of labor statistics predicts a million new nurses and replacement nurses will be needed by 2016. that's because baby boomers a lot of whom are nurses are retiring and a lot of the population is aging, and people get sicker they need more nurses. >> flexible. >> very flexible. most of the programs have an accelerated online option f you're an rm and want to get a bachelor's degree this nursing. one of the reasons many people can't get back into nursing

schools right now, in fact 40,000 people in 2009, qualified applicants, were turned away from nursing schools in the united states because of lack of space. most of that lack of space is because of lack of faculty. so we at stevenson are starting in the fall an online accelerated masters program in nursing and so the people can learn to be either nurse faculty, nurse educators, nurse leaders or nurse managers. >> we are talking history. she used to run the nursing program over at union memorial, the school of nursing. >> uh-huh. >> that broke our heart when they shut that down. back then how many nurses were coming through. >> oh, in our program probably 200 a year. >> and now. >> and across the state. stevenson still graduated close to that. but you think every school in the state of maryland has to double in size according to the "we who care" campaign.

>> we had a shortage a while ago. >> probably about a decade ago. this shortage is different. this is because of all those baby boomers who are retiring. >> how many nurses on the sideline, staying at home taking care of their kids and family, they want to get back into nursing again. because of the economy i take it. >> the economy has driven a lot back in. but people get worried about jobs with the economy. during the recent recession just about all areas lost jobs. during that same recession the health care industry gained a half a million jobs. and most of them were in nursing. >> and how about the incentives, the hospitalses, are they offering a lot of incentives. >> hospitals, long-term care, community, everybody is offering incentives to get nurses and keep the nurses they have. >> salaries -- >> brand new grad start out in this area about 45,000, that's not including all of the extra shift bonuses, weekend differential, evenings, nights, all those sorts of

differentials. >> what is the person that you could, you know, target your audience to? that person that wants to be a nurse? who are you looking for? >> we're looking for someone male or female who is caring, intelligent, lots of science required in the nursing profession, and whoa wants a good, sal eye profession. the phone number to call is (443)352-4292. >> that's great. we're gonna put this up on our web site later on so people can click on and find out. >> great. thank you very much. >> you're going to find a good nurse. >> she would have made a good nurse. >> an excellent nurse. >> not too late for me yet, apparently. a one of a kind show, might get you inspired next time you take out the trash. ooh you can get an evening of song/dance action, taking matters into your own hands,

learning more about the international quezene. all that is coming up. plus one of the tiniest row dents on the planet. some big problems in the world, might be saying good-bye for good to the pica. say hello thaw that sunshine, sticks around with a sumpy sky each afternoon into the weekend. it's 48 degrees, just morning, some of us have been up since 2:30. we're in for a glorious day, temperatures back in the mid- 60s, we'll talk about the 70- degree weather when we come back. much more of "good morning maryland." please stick around. ♪

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all right. happy st. patrick's day to everybody but happy birthday to those of you celebrating a birthday like emery redding turning 7, and me a ham the soccer star is 38 and, hello, patrick did you havey, bobby from dallas, 61 years old. so happy birthday to everybody celebrating a birthday on march 17th. all right. if you have a birthday wish send a pick in, picture in, send in what you like to do, strolls on the peach. morning show wmar.com. all right. we'll wish you a happy birthday. along with taking campbells. featured event of the day. >> st. patrick's day. >> and mine, waited all night

for you, huh. >> no, not at all, i was overwhelmed, i forgot. >> listen the junior league is hosting the chefs by the bay 2010 gourmet tasting gala. local chefs will be there, they'll have liventertainment going at the lows there on west street. we'll have 24 participating restaurants down there. this is great. if you want more information go online at j annapolis.org. if there is something doing on in your community you want us to mention it on the air, email me at pringle@wmar.com, or go to morning show.com. >> a big problem for a small animal. >> why mother nature is kicking these little creatures off the face of the earth. >> and get ready to stomp. the show is in town, we're going to tell you all about it. coming up on "good morning

maryland" at 9:00.

maryland's most powerful.com radar, abc 2 works for you. you're watching the station that works for you, good morning maryland at 9:00. >> let's get back to the changes coming to texas school books which could affect the books across the land and right here in maryland. let's go to our web site right now. wade writes in "all textbooks should stay neutral, they

should do what is right and keep it in the middle, not one side or the other. give the facts." another person wrote in "history needs to be changed to reel american studies, be truthful about what happened and how america really came to be" and donna just wrote in"he was elected in texas to make the decisions about textbooks but he was not elected to rewrite history for other states. just because there is a huge publishing and distribution business in the lone star state." if you want to join the crowd share your 2 cents, log onto our facebook fan page, search for wmar tv and then leave your come right there. >> now a fight for survival. the american pica is the tiniest animal in the rabbit family. it was voted third cute testified animal in america but it is facing hard times, even extinct its. bill blake more explains why that might be to blame.

>> reporter: living often above the clouds, they like it chilly. the american pica. the tiniest member of the bunny family. the size of a tennis ball, its young the size of a fat walnut. for the american pica life was already hard enough, scampering fast to escape the leaping mountain weasels, its chief enemy. weasels like to eat pike as. but, lately, there's is new trouble. >> there is many places where pike as used to be where they're gone now. >> scientists tracked picas in different colonies and say they have disappeared from 10 of them. >> they're going extinct from many of the lower elevations? >> reporter: why? because of global warming, warm air keeps rising higher and higher into the low areas of where poo picas live. and if it gets too warm they can overheat and quickly die.

when the climbing heat reaches the top of the peak, that mountain's picas are finished. in some ranges they have found many species have moved more than 2,000 feet up slope from traditional sites and local pica extinctings are accelerating. >> if the current trend continues at the rate they're going right now it's very likely that picas will be extinct within the next 100 years. >> reporter: with temperatures only expected to rise, the american pica is now looking out on a fast-changing world and facing a problem bigger than weasels. bill blake more, abc news, in the colorado rockies. sort of bummer of a story. lighten it up a bit. neither one of us have any rhythm whatsoever but these four are very impressive. >> i've got some rhythm though. >> you want to use it from your act. where are you from. >> college park. >> where you from.

>> ohio. >> ohio. >> san francisco. >> san diego. >> how do you audition for "stomp." >> there is a two-week audition process, it's very grueling, they teach you a and feet from the show, body percussion, they'll team you more and more stuff in the show. >> did you ever experiment ahead of time with anything like this, take a trash can around your house and bang it. >> all of us pretty much grew up in the music business or you know acting or dancing. stomp, everybody comes from different parts have the world. that's what makes stomp so great. but pretty much everybody has a drummer back ground, acting or dancing background. >> how do you describe it to somebody who hasn't seen the show? >> i would call it a feast of the senses because there's so much to be had when you go to the show. it's got something for everybody. it's got movement, it's got rhythm, it's got comedy, you know, there is no speaking in show, so it can transcend all

languages and, you know, people that even are deaf and/or blind come and see our show. >> you're always experimenting? >> all the time. >> you like that. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> is there anything that has sort of surprised you that "eh, we can use this," that you've picked up. either -- >> yeah, we constantly surprise ourselves on a dale lee basis but the create terse of the show, they came around the corner a year and a half ago and added two new numbers to the show called "pink ends" which were strategically throwing pink ends to each other and playing them. it's very, very dangerous. >> they're energy, right. >> there is also ooh new one called donuts which are tractor tires, really huge tractor tires. all my friends back in maryland are laughing right now. you use tires in st. mary's county. >> you ever get hit with a broom stick or. >> you get hit a lot, bruised

up, you break things, sometimes people have broken fingers, ankles or whatever. but a lot of times your fingers and knees get banged up, for me shoulders, for me. so -- >> you have a script that i can tell these two guys go off it every once in a while. all of a sudden you find yourself -- >> the crypt is the music of the show. you could look at the show and have -- it's all scored, written down like a score in a movie or whatever, a -- it's basically music. we have room to impro views, room to bring ourselves to it. we have glance, guidelines like this is the funny guy, this is the tough girl but that is based off the original eight and it's been running so long and it's evolved because it's not that original eight any more. >> you like to experiment, right? >> yes. >> you can hang out with this guy on st. patrick's day, i tell you. >> yeah. >> all right. would you give us a little sample here? >> yeah, just a little sample

from the show. this is called matches, these are legit match boxes and goes a little something like this. [ percussion music ]

[ percussion music ] . >> oh, how about that [ applause ] >> i can barely clap. that was great. >> do it again. >> do a little bit more. >> yeah. >> do a little more. >> ooh. wonderful. >> there is no needle so -- >> the camera missed it but that was cool. >> gives you a little insight of what we do. >> go to maryland, did you go to maryland? >> no, i didn't go to the university of maryland, but all my friends did. all my friends. >> you started this way, what's the first trick you did. >> listen, where can we catch you. >> pretty much. the. >> the crowd is going nuts -- >> hippodrome theater right downtown. >> thank you so much. >> all right. they're making noise, huh. >> a very great challenge, we're going to put up all the

information. keep going with that. iúve imagine that that's a very good sound. that's all the information you need, the hippodrome and this is what we used earlier, so what we're going to do is take things around the studio and give it a try. >> all right. keep doing it. look at this, our own stuff. [ percussion music ]

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now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful radar. >> you know that match box got its inspiration from clickers. clicker number 1, ellicott city, working the weather net, 51 degrees, light winds 7 miles per hour, full sunshine, full parking lot, hopefully those kids get out for recess today. 52 right now at sparrow's point, sunshine on the fields getting out there, i know spring sports dealing with some soggy fields but hopefully a chance to try out over the next

couple of days. with 50s abundant across the area we want to spend some time talking about the forecast it because we've got ourselves a really nice set up. high pressure in control. virtually cloud-free, and this storm we showed you across the deep south we were following over the course of the last couple of days in the general pattern we have been following most of this winter even back to the autumn season stays to the south. high pressure in control and basically a quiet one for us with a virtually clear sky and sunshine, 64 degrees in downtown baltimore, our 2- degree guarantee. we take you back through the northwest sections and you'll notice across the higher terrain, a couple notches cool earn, 62, 61 degrees in westminster, we stretch it out towards howard county and yes, we had to put columbia back to the 64 mark, although right by the water, wind by the colder chesapeake could hold places like annapolis and other regions and kent island into the upper 50s and 60s, over all

we're expecting tonight's temperatures to cool back town to 37 under clear skies. a quick drop as soon as we lose that sun, 7:16 and 7:17, the luck of the irish stays with us the rest of the week. temperatures back to 68 tomorrow, near 70, we pulled that trigger a little earlier on friday and lasting in through saturday afternoon, both days about 70 degrees in the but area, looking for overnight lows in the upper 40s to 50 but that comes with clouds and showers on sunday. not a washout by any stretch, but some afternoon showers and definitely not the prettiest of days. at 57. 55 more rain on monday. >> who cares about monday. look at that 68, 70 degrees, loving that forecast. >> all right. >> all right. so today st. patrick's day and in honor of that we're going to talk about the top 5. the top 5 st. patrick's day parades in this country. >> all right. number 5 is. >> savanna, georgia. >> what? >> hard to be.

>> hold your applause. >> the oldest one in the nation? >> savanna, georgia, yes. >> yeah, one of those -- >> boston is number 4. >> yes. number 3 chicago, and of course chicago dies the river green which is always very fun every year. >> dublin of course. now who could beat dublin. >> none other than new york city. they take the cake in everything else. >> that's a great parade. >> those are the best pa reads on the face of the earth for st. patrick's day. all right. so you're going to enjoy tonight? >> absolutely. i mean i do to pedestrian at 7:00 so -- >> yeah. >> i better start now. >> 7:30. >> look at umar tee animal. >> hope you make it in tomorrow. all right. that's all for us here on "good morning maryland" at 9:00. >> see you tomorrow, maybe. >> yeah, maybe. happy st. patrick's day.

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